Summary:
The 55769 zip code is home to a single public high school, Nashwauk Secondary, which serves grades 7-12 with 249 students. While the school has a predominantly white student population, it faces several challenges, including academic underperformance, socioeconomic disadvantages, and a lack of diversity.
Nashwauk Secondary's academic performance is a concern, with proficiency rates in math, reading, and science falling below the state averages across all grade levels. For example, only 18.52% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in MCA-III Math, compared to the state average of 34.99%. The school's graduation rate of 90.6% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 9.3% is higher than the state average, indicating a need for additional support and interventions to help students succeed.
The high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 55.42%, suggests that Nashwauk Secondary serves a population with significant economic challenges, which may contribute to the school's academic struggles. Additionally, the lack of diversity in the student population, with only small percentages of racial and ethnic minority students, may be an area for the school to address in order to provide a more inclusive and representative learning environment.
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